Back last night from our four-day F&WF weekend. We booked water view at the BC, and were assigned room 4617. Great view, full balcony, two queen beds, day bed, connecting door, and only a few rooms down, straight down the hall from the elevators. Great at night for tired feet!
Because we wanted to hit F&WF and
MVMCP (been seven years for the party), we chose last week, knowing it was Jersey Week. Wednesday and Thursday at F&W were good - arrive at 11, eat until about 1 when it starts to get crowded, then hit your favorite rides in FW (Soarin' was amazing!). We thought the food was really good, my favorite being the new enchilada at the Mexico kiosk. Had that twice...mmm...that mole sauce was good.
Friday was unfortunately the perfect storm of Jersey Week, Veterans Day, and filming of some Christmas Party performances at the MK, so it was more crowded than any of our past October or November trips. We've never waited more than 25 minutes for any of our faves, and that day there was no wait shorter than 40 minutes by the time we arrived. Within an hour, we saw almost no wait shorter than 55 minutes, and that's for the less popular rides. At 11:30 when we arrived at Spalsh for our FP, the standby was 75 minutes long. Certain people (not me obviously, I'm the crazy planner!) wanted to sleep a bit later this trip, another reason for the crazy wait times. When IASW has a 30 minute wait, you know it's a crowded day at the MK! Still had a good time, though - we were together and that makes it fun.
From now on I stick to what works best and do most of the planning myself LOL! Because DH wanted to avoid the F&WF on the weekend, we did it on Wednesday and Thursday, and you have to avoid the MK on Saturday, leaving Saturday as our AK day. Guess what? Turned out to be EMH morning at AK that day! Again, more crowded than we've ever seen it. But, safari was great AND I got to ride EE twice in a row because DD wasnt feeling it - yeah! My favorite ride! Avatar is looking awesome! Breakfast at Boma was fantastic!
That night (Saturday), we went back to the WS for our first time at Spice Road Table. Guess what again? Another perfect storm of events - last Saturday of F&WF (knew that), still Jersey Week (knew that), and it's Dapper Day (did NOT know that!). Holy cow, was it crowded, but that's why we had a dinner ADR. Spice Road Table was great. And quiet. Sat inside where it was warm, right by the window. Lovely view.
So, to sum up, although it was much more crowded that what we're used to, it was another great trip to our happy place. I had my birthday button on (the big 5-0 this year) and received many well wishes from cast members and some guests, plus a free yummy dessert and a song at La Hacienda. DD will be going away to college next fall, so not sure when we can do this again, but hopefully soon.
Dee, I already posted the room photo and description in the BC view thread - what a great room it was!
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